Deputy Marshal, from low-budget Lippert Productions, is an enjoyable if somewhat talky B-Western. Enjoyable mainly due to the presence of the delightful Frances Langford, who sings Irving Bibo and John Stephens' "Levi's, Plaid Shirt and Spurs" and "Hideout in Hidden Valley." A regular of low-budget musicals during World War II, the blonde Langford was the wife of the film's star, former swashbuckler Jon Hall, who is quite good as the vengeful title character. Relative old-timers Dick Foran and Russell Hayden are both cast against type here and it looks as if they enjoyed the experience immensely. On the debit side: Deputy Marshal was padded with quite a bit of stock footage and a seemingly interminable opening sequence in which Clem Bevans, as the local medico of Tumult, WY, sets up the story.
by Hans J. Wollstein
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